Elf Makeup Haul&Reviews!

Okay, so about a week ago I decided to purchase some elf things because i'd saved a lot of money, i'd never bought from elf before but I'd heard lots of good things about it so I was excited to give it a try. All the products seemed reasonably priced so I ordered things online and they came within 4 days.

'Long Lasting Lustrous Eyeshadow'- In the shade 'Toast'

This cost me £3.95, which I thought was quite cheap, the picture on the website made the product look lovely as it was really glittery and I don't own any glitters. When this came the packaging looked really nice however it felt really cheap, this isn't necessarily bad as it is quite a cheap product. The colour was similar to the half baked by urban decay except it's less champagne and more gold.

This shade is called 'toast'

Although it looks really pretty and pigmented in the tub, when applied it disperses and becomes weak glitter, a lot needs to be packed on to get the gold intensity that is desired, I haven't worn this for long enough to rate its staying power, plus I wear all my eyemakeup over my MAC paintpot so I don't know how long this would last on it's own.

The product swatched

Overall, if you buy this product for a glitter then it's quite good, but not at all good enough to be an eyeshadow, you need to wear a gold underneath.

Product Rate- 5/10

Lipsticks in the shades- Nostalgic and Fantasy

Both lipsticks have the same packagung, which looks quite cheap as I am not a fan of silver containers (excluding the benefit watts up and they're real mascara) The plastic feels cheap but what can you expect for £1.95 a piece.

The first shade I tried (which is pictured) is Nostalgic. This is the worst i've ever tried, barely any colour came out and it felt as if I was rubbing wax on my lip. It completely dried my lips out and made them appear chapped (which is not the case as I apply burts bee's lip balm every single day)  This product is actually waxier than the Burt's Bee's Lip Balm (Pink Grapefruit one is amazing) Which is actually made of bee's wax. The colour appears to be a really pretty light pink toned nude but you can barely see it on the skin. 

I wouldn't even wear this product if somebody paid me to, overall this is a terrible product and I don't reccomend at all for £1.95 you can get really good MUA lipsticks, this is just cheap and dreadful.

Overall- 0/10.

The over shade 'Fantasy' wasn't as waxy, it actually applied a colour (not very strong but decent for £1.95) The colour is a mid-brown toned nude and it's quite nice. It lasts a long time aswell, but both lipsticks have an absolutely appalling stench, It's actually disgusting and because of this I'm never going to purchase another elf lipstick again.

shade fantasy on the lips

Overall- 7/10

Bronzer With Brush (Sun Kissed)

This colour looked so nice on the website, so I decided to order it even though I already had a bronzer, when this arrived I was really disappointed the colour was nothing like it was on the website, it was so orange (on the website it's more brown). On the first day I tried this it looked decent, it wasn't too orange and it doesn't come out too strong, however on the second day it looked like mud in the hollows of my cheeks. It doesn't last all day and it doesn't apply evenly. 

 

Shade Sun Kissed

This looks similar to the MUA bronzer in shade 1 but it isn't the same, the colour isn't as strong, although this is only £2.50 I paid £1 for my MUA one and I find it a lot better.

This shade should be re-named to 'Oompa Loompa' 

Overall- 4/10

Lip stain- Mysterious

This colour looks prettier in person, it's like a mix of pink and brown. It comes with a stain and a gloss and both have dofer applicators

Dofer Applicator

As this is a 'stain' I was very disappointed with the colour pay off and it's staying power, this adds a tint of colour to your lips and the colour barely shows up

Colour - Mysterious

The texture is horrible and it's a weird liquid that feels like a solid, it's difficult to describe, I don't think this product works very well without the gloss (and i'm not a fan of glossy lips) Which is quite disappointing, however if you like them then this product is quite good as it's only £3.95. Saying this you can get much better Rimmel lipglosses for only a little bit more. I won't be re-purchasing.

Lip stain and Gloss together.

Overall- 5/10.

Zit Eraser

I usually use specialist brands for spot treatments (e.g freederm) however I liked the look of this product a lot. It's got a cool twist applicator so there isn't any spillage and you can control the amount you use. I tried this on a few spots and it felt as if it burned, which I expected as all the good spot treatments do, the next day my spots appeared worse, however this product may take a few more days to work, I will continue this product for a week and then do a proper review of it next Sunday.

Applicator 

It's hard to give an overall score as I haven't given it a chance yet really, I forgot to mention, this costs £3.95

Makeup remover pen

I purchased this as I wear eyeliner every weekend (MAC fluidline) which is really hard to remove if wrong and when you mess it up you have to take all of your eyemakeup off. I bought this as it's always the wing part which goes wrong and I have to say I quite like it. I used it today when my wing went wonky and although after you've removed the wing you have to wipe the pen with a tissue and then pat on your eye where it's just been, it does do a good job at removing it accurately. I'd probably buy this product again.

Overall- 9/10

Overall E.L.F products- I wasn't too happy with most products so I will probably not purchase from elf again, although the products seem cheap, they all add up and if you're not happy with them there's no point buying them.

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